Quick Links

• How to run the project

  Documentation

  • Introduction
  • Setup (Linux / Windows)
  • Mongo DB setup
  • Crawler
  • Flask Guide
  • Web application
  • Query Processing
  • Ranking the searches

Search engine made using python and flask

Project Setup

1. Clone the git in a folder
2. Make a virtual environment in the folder

For Windows

pip install virtualenv
cd project_folder
virtualenv env
.\env\Scripts\activate

For Linux

pip install virtualenv #for version 2 and below 
pip3 install virtualenv #for version 3
cd project file
virtualenv env
source ./env/bin/activate

3. Install requirements

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

4. Start the crawler

python ./crawler/spider.py #for version 2 and below
python3 ./crawler/spider.py #for version 3

5. Start the application

python ./app/app.py #for version 2 and below
python3 ./app/app.py #for version 3